nyc survives because of its food culture, this is my opinion and i will die on this hill
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You're not wrong.
..but then you try to go to a restaurant and you can't get a fucking table anywhere so you wander around for an hour and end up at a random place (that's still better than most places outside the city but still.)
The rate time you do get into a good place you're surrounded by fucktards and the experience is frustrating.